Meanings of kept a running in English

He kept a running commentary on the books.

Ever since I went to work with him, we kept a running tally of who owed whom.

Agassi kept a running file on his home PC and began working on a series of white papers.

For we kept a running fire going of airy persiflage-whichwas like the noise of boys whistling through a graveyard.

Though she counted virtually everything, Mary Grace had not kept a running tally on the number of tissue boxes Jeannette had used during the trial.

RNZ has kept a running list of all the buildings in Wellington affected since the 7.8 earthquake on 14 November.

Biden interrupted so frequently that Republican operatives and campaign aides to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney kept a running tally of the intrusions on Twitter.

"Sire?" asked one of the clerks of the justiciar's office, glancing up from the wax tablet on which he kept a running tally.